With photography being one of the main interests behind the iPhone’s incredible camera, it’s only obvious Apple would add new features to the Photos app to compliment your beautiful shots. The new stuff includes:

Live Photo loops

Live Photo bounce

Live Photo long exposure

Animated GIF support

Improvements for the App Store

The App Store is being completely redesigned in iOS 11 to bring things up to speed with the modern world we live in. Andrew goes hands-on with everything that’s new in the video below:

Although navigation had a bit of a bumpy start on iOS at first, Apple has been ironing out the kinks and bringing its Maps app up to par with Google maps. Here’s what you can expect from the Maps app in iOS 11:

Indoor maps for large malls

Lane change guidance

Indicate current speed limit

Illustrate entrances to landmarks in China

Zoom with one hand

Traffic camera alerts in China

Improvements for Safari

Safari is the main web browser on your iPhone and iPad, and now you can expect even more useful features out of it, including:

Siri can suggest articles based on your browsing activity

Switch tabs with a 3D Touch gesture

View flight statuses

Find word definitions in Safari

Convert metrics in Safari

Do math in Safari

Safe browsing in China

Improvements for iCloud

Since a lot of your data gets pushed from your iOS device(s) to iCloud, Apple is keeping iCloud up to date with new features as well. You can expect the following new features in iOS 11:

We’ve been able to record our screens with QuickTime on our Mac for a while now, but for the first time, you can now do it right from the device itself thanks to a new button in Control Center.

Emergency SOS mode

Apple Watch users are familiar with SOS mode, which helps you get in contact with emergency personnel and emergency contacts when things go wrong. Apple has brought this useful feature to the iPhone in iOS 11.

Better Lock screen notifications

Apple is redesigning the way you get to notifications on the Lock screen in iOS 11 by letting you easily filter between recent and missed notifications. All you have to do is drag down from the top of the screen like a cover sheet.

Do Not Disturb while driving

Apple is taking a stance against texting while driving by empowering users to use special Do Not Disturb features while driving. These features will automatically keep your phone from receiving notifications when you’re moving at a driving speed and will notify anyone who tries to contact you that you’re busy driving automatically. The feature is optional; but recommended.

Better Wi-Fi and cellular information

Apple is giving users more detailed information about their Wi-Fi and cellular usage statistics. New features include:

You can now capture Live Photos during a FaceTime call. Both you and the person you’re communicating with will receive a notification when you snap a photo and it gets saved to the Photos app.

Scan QR codes

It’s been a long time since the introduction of QR codes, but Apple is finally adding native support for QR-code scanning in iOS 11.

More screenshot and Markup features

When you take a screenshot on your device, iOS 11 will present you with many more options laid before you, such as Markup editing and sharing tools. Since we take screenshots to, more or less, show someone how to do something, this will be incredibly useful.

Annotate PDF files in iBooks

If you’re reading PDF files with the iBooks app, iOS 11 will allow you to annotate those files to your heart’s content.

Move multiple app icons at once

You used to have to put your iPhone into ‘jiggle’ mode to edit and move apps on the Home screen, but with iOS 11, you don’t even have to do that. Moreover, you can move multiple apps at one given time by selecting them during the moving process.

Apple enables NFC for third-party apps

We thought it might never happen, but Apple has opened NFC chip access for third-party developers who want to make apps to support Near Field Communication. This opens the door to new features like NFC-enabled tags or opening NFC-based doors, etc.

Redesigned Calulator app

Apple has also redesigned the Calculator app in iOS 11 with a more classic look. This includes a new app icon, as well as circular calculator buttons.

Wrapping up

There are many other features hidden in iOS 11, but as you can see, even the preliminary list of features is quite impressive to say the very least. iOS 11 will launch alongside macOS High Sierra and watchOS 4 this Fall as a free upgrade for all users. To see if iOS 11 is compatible with your device, we recommend reading our compatibility list.

Since there are so many features baked into iOS 11, it’s probably likely that we missed a few. If we’ve missed anything major, please feel welcomed to leave a comment below to discuss any new features you find most interesting.

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